… Editor's Note: Bioptics make driving possible for some people with low-vision. This … images just like binoculars, though their purpose for driving is not to see things larger, but to see them further … The difficulty that the visually impaired encounter while driving is that they must get so close to a sign or signal …
AccessWorld December 2010
… on to Chapter Eight, which is bioptic wheels, low vision driving. We have a lot of objectives in Chapter Eight … but all these other things that come into play with driving. So we really want travelers to begin to research … preparing them to potentially explore using a bioptic for driving. Then they get to this point where, okay, I've got …
… so good for distance viewing, and obviously not good for driving. Though it was disappointing, we resigned ourselves to not driving and got on with our lives. I went to see my first … minimum requirements. He adjusted the bioptic glasses for driving and then told my dad to take me home, get my …
AccessWorld December 2011
… was a recent NPR story (one of the many lately) on self-driving cars, and some of the profound impact this … On Saturday, I heard an excellent story on bioptic driving on NPR , to which AFB's own Ike Presley contributed … in common is their description of two solutions to the "driving problem" of people who are blind or visually …
… a rural community and didn't know anything about low vision driving until she went to college and met up with another student. So she learned about low vision driving and over a period of time she did some research, she … have the confidence and the skills to go over and take the driving test. And even though she drives with her bioptics, …
… it aloud for us, magnify it, or translate it into braille. Driving, though, was another matter. Many of us who have … or childhood have had our "unauthorized" experiments with driving—behind the wheel in a parking lot or open field with … be transferred to reality. For those who lost sight after driving age, the first regret expressed is typically, "I can …
AccessWorld April 2011